Next, you need to prepare a large platter to put all your ingredients on. Rinse your bean sprouts 3 times and put them in a pot with a cup of water. Add 1 ts of salt and cook for 20 minutes. Drain water and mix it with 1 clove of minced garlic, sesame oil and a pinch of salt.Put it on the platter.

Put your spinach in a pot of boiling water and stir it for a minute. Then rinse it in cold water a few times and squeeze it lightly. Mix it with a pinch of salt, 1 ts of soy sauce, 1 clove of minced garlic and sesame oil. Put it on the platter

Cut 2 small size zucchinis into thin strips, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt, and then mix them together. A few minutes later, sauté them in a pan over high heat. When it’s cooked, it will look a little translucent. Put it on the platter.

You can buy soaked and cooked “kosari” at a Korean grocery store. Prepare about 2 or 3 cups of kosari for this 4 servings of bibimbap. Cut it into pieces 5-7 cm long and sauté in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir and add 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2 tbs of sugar, and cook them for 1-2 minutes. Add sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

Slice shitake mushrooms thinly and sauté with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Add 2 ts of soy sauce and 1 or 2 ts of sugar and stir it for 2 minutes. Add some sesame oil, and put it on the platter.

On a heated pan, put some oil and 200 grams of ground beef and stir it. Add 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tbs of soy sauce, 1/2 tbs of sugar, a little grounded black pepper, and sesame oil. Put it on the platter.

Cut a carrot into strips, sauté it for 30 seconds and put it on the platter.

prepare eggs with sunny side up.

Put your rice In a big bowl, and attractively display all your vegetables and meat. Place the sunny side up egg on the center.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

It's sad that at the age of 9 (Iman) and 8 (iffah), they still can't ride basikal dua roda until this afternoon. I know I'm such a bad mom. All this while, they were riding bikes with training wheels. I tried teaching Iman before, but somehow, Iman takut. So I never tried again until today.

Iffah naik sekali je, terus dah boleh paddle the bike, but Iman needed more time to practise. As of now, Iman still not successful with her attempts. Kesian Iman, maybe she needs Abah to help her. Abah is always patient with her, Mama as usual, Singa Betina.. hehe.

Chikin Raisu

Chicken Rice: Pretty much Mexican rice with little bits of chicken in it. Another store has these with an egg crepe rapped around them which makes them a little less messy on your fingers.

Yaki Onigiri

Slighty grilled around the edges, Onigiri. This is a pretty basic kind of onigiri your mom might make though it's not that common at the combini.

Ebi Chiri Chaahan

Shrimp in chili sauce and fried rice. YUMMY!!!! This is one of my favorites.

Ume Chirimen

Plum Crepe? Actually I'm not sure what this is. I know that Ume is a plum and used in cooking it's usually pickled so it's really really sour. You use very little bits of one to flavor the food.

Ebikatsu

breaded fried shrimp temakizushi style. Temakizushi means hand roll. I used to prefer handrolls when I first got here. The reason is there is more stuffing per bite vs. the other shapes but unfortunately there are not nearly as many varieties of handrolls at most stores.

Toriyaki Sooseeji

Ham sausage and nori with mayo underneath. This is a good one two. In Hawaii you can get something similar except using Spam instead and with no mayo. I like this one better personally, especially warmed.

Ebi Mayoneezu

Shrimp and mayo. Think seafood salad. This is always a good one. I guess I just like mayo.

Takana

I'm assuming that's what this is. It's not listed in any of my dictionaries using that kanji but guessing that would make it mustard leaves which seems about right. It's got little bits of green things like pickles mixed in.

It says they are Shaki-shaki which means crispy.

Katsukaree pirafu

Breaded pork in curry sauce pilaf. Yes!

Shio Karubi

Salt Karubi. Karubi is a Korean style of making beef. It's marinated and then grilled. Good stuff.

Shiichikin Mayoneezu

Sea Chicken and Mayo or in other words tuna salad. This is a pretty basic one now a days and it's always good.

Shake Mentaiko

Shake is Salmon. Mentaiko is some kind of very small fish eggs that are rather spicy. I don't know if they are naturally spicy or if they are prepared that way but they are pretty good. It's common to use them in a cream sauce with pasta too.

Saamon Mayoneezu

Salmon and mayo. If you haven't noticed by now the Japanese like mayo. That's just fine with me.